Exeter, ON, Canada / 90.5 Exeter Today
Feb 4, 2021 5:50 AM
While frontline healthcare workers will be among the first to get COVID-19 vaccines, the president of the Ontario Dental Association wants to see dentists on that list too.
Dr. Lesli Hapak says they worked at close contact with patients regularly.
Kincardine, ON, Canada / ShorelineToday.ca
Jan 26, 2021 6:11 AM
While frontline healthcare workers will be among the first to get COVID-19 vaccines, the president of the Ontario Dental Association wants to see dentists on that list too.
Dr. Lesli Hapak says they worked at close contact with patients regularly.
Hapak adds that while there hasn’t been any known COVID-19 cases stemming from dental offices, it’s still important to get dentists vaccinated for everyone’s safety.
Eight people not on the priority list were mistakenly given a COVID-19 vaccine at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this week after an online registration link to book appointments was "erroneously shared."
Posted: Jan 14, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 14
Lynn Landis, director of health services at the Ottawa Mission, is hopeful the shelter’s dental clinic can reopen within a month.(The Ottawa Mission)
The temporary closure of a dental clinic serving homeless people in downtown Ottawa has been heartbreaking but unavoidable, says its director.
The clinic, located at the Ottawa Mission shelter on Daly Avenue, has offered free access to a variety of dental services including cleaning, extractions and denture fittings since 2007, but has had to close its doors during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a very vulnerable population that is in need of treatment, said Lynn Landis, director of health services at the Ottawa Mission.
January 14, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
The first round of COVID-19 vaccines has been rolled out for healthcare workers, particularly those working in nursing homes, but one group of frontline providers says they feel left out.
The Ontario Dental Association (ODA) is calling on the provincial government to include dentists and their staff in the early rounds of vaccine recipients, as they’re in direct risk of contracting COVID-19 by the nature of the care they give.
“Our situation [as dentists] is a little bit more difficult because when we see patients we can’t physically distance ourselves. We are working in the mouth and that where the virus actually replicates,” said Orangeville dentist, Raj Khanuja.